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Government. If he is whipped here, as pubtiess will be, and his whole army is pieces, not only will all the country of us be open to our victorious army. all the land will go up such a how has never been heard from any Destruction of Cotton in the South. following is a copy of a dispatch, dated Moore, La, May 8th, received in Richmond May 9th. J. P. Benjamin: The Governor of Lon- to inform you that all the Mississippi river up to the month has been burns, and all on its is ready for the torch. He issued mation ordering its destruction in the it could not be removed into the into. but the spontaneous action of the people participated his order. We have traveled Red and Ouachita rivers since the fall Orleans, and find the sentiments of supposititious to destroy the whole ther than permit a pound to fall into of the enemy. The capital is fixed at Opelousas. this, if necessary, for the information of the people. I. O. Manning, A. D. C.
$50 reward. --I will pay the above reward for the arrest and delivery to me of a man calling himself John Manning. Said Manning is 25 or 30 years old, stout but straight figure, 5 feet 6 or 10 inches high, of fair skin, ruddy complexion, light eyes, dark, sandy hair, inclined to curl, and was, when he deserted, well dressed in a gray sack coat and dark pantaloons. He had a recent paper from C. S. Court of his intention to be naturalized He is doubtless lurking about Richmond, endeavoringManning is 25 or 30 years old, stout but straight figure, 5 feet 6 or 10 inches high, of fair skin, ruddy complexion, light eyes, dark, sandy hair, inclined to curl, and was, when he deserted, well dressed in a gray sack coat and dark pantaloons. He had a recent paper from C. S. Court of his intention to be naturalized He is doubtless lurking about Richmond, endeavoring to hire himself as a substitute. He is an Irishmen. W. T. Patton, Lt.-Col. Commanding 7th Reg Va, 1st Brigade, Longstreet's Division. my 21--6t